Originally uttered by Christ in theKing James Bible, Matthew 16:23: “get thee behind me, Satan”;Latinvāderetrō,Satanā;Ancient Greekὕπαγεὀπίσωμου,Σατανᾶ(húpage opísō mou, Satanâ).
gettheebehindme
- (idiomatic) Do nottempt ortorment me; Ireject you, your statements, or your beliefs.
1824,Sir Walter Scott, chapter 16, inRedgauntlet:“Jesu Maria!” exclaimed the younger. “Oh, fie, Sister Seraphina! Fie, fie!--VADE RETRO--get thee behind me!”
1904,Jerome K. Jerome, chapter 4, inTommy and Co.:Peter most assuredly would have risen in his wrath, would have said to his distinguished-looking temptress, "Get thee behind me, Miss Ramsbotham."
1998 October 15,Tony Karon, “Postmodern Papacy?”, inTime[1], archived fromthe original on8 March 2016:Get thee behind me, Derrida! Skeptical postmodernists may have reduced the certainties of Western intellectual life to a pile of gaudy plastic tchotchkes, but Pope John Paul II is fighting back.
2005 November 26, Ian Irvine, “btw”, inIndependent[2], UK, retrieved25 August 2015:Get thee behind me, Santa. Curious news from Germany, where a group has launched a campaign to persuade people to turn their backs on Santa Claus and return to St Nicholas instead.
